Health Affairs

CMS Releases Data On Effectuated Enrollments, Plan Cancellations

On June 12, 2017, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released effectuated enrollment data for the 2017 open enrollment period . ( press release ) They also released a Health Insurance Exchanges Trends Report , which summarizes information...

Published Tue, Jun 13 2017 6:38 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, cost-sharing reduction payments, advanced premium tax credits, effectuated enrollment, plan cancellations

Iowa Submits 1332 Waiver Request, Claiming It Is Necessary To Avoid An Individual Insurance Market Collapse

Perhaps the most immediate problem facing federal and state health policymakers—and consumers—is what can be done for marketplace consumers in “bare counties” for 2018. As of early June, 2017, there are 47 counties in Ohio, Missouri, Kansas, and Washington...

Published Mon, Jun 12 2017 1:48 PM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, reinsurance, 1332 waivers, cost-sharing reduction payments, advance premium tax credits, high-risk pools, "bare" counties

Two Things Health Researchers And Allies Can Do Right Now To Advance LGBT Research

Editor’s note : In a related piece, former US Assistant Secretary for Aging and administrator of the Administration for Community Living Kathy Greenlee also reflects on the elimination of the sexual orientation and gender identity measure from the National...

Published Mon, Jun 12 2017 8:50 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Quality, Population Health, Featured, health equity, LGBT issues, Census data, sexual orientation and gender identity, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

Collecting Sexual Orientation And Gender Identity Information On Older Americans Is Good Public Policy

Editor’s note: Measures of sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) have been added to several federal surveys over the years, but recently the SOGI measure was eliminated from the National Survey of Older Americans Act Participants conducted by...

Published Mon, Jun 12 2017 7:00 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Quality, health equity, LGBT issues, older americans act

HHS Requests Feedback On ACA Regulations; Evidence On Effect Of CSR Payment Uncertainty Continues To Mount

On June 8, 2017, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services posted a request for information at the Federal Register entitled “Reducing Regulatory Burdens Imposed by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act & Improving Healthcare Choices...

Published Fri, Jun 09 2017 10:04 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, AHIP, 1332 waivers, cost-sharing reduction payments, American Medical Association, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, American Hospital Association, National Association Of Insurance Commissioners, United States Chamber of Commerce

From Obamacare To Trumpcare

Last year, we created a hub to help you find Health Affairs resources related to potential changes to the Affordable Care Act and our health system as a whole. We’ve now redesigned the site and expanded our content to include information and analysis...

Published Fri, Jun 09 2017 9:15 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Elsewhere@ Health Affairs

Nursing Home Certificate-Of-Need Laws Should Be Repealed

Imagine if your state had a regulation explicitly limiting the number of hotels in a local area. Rather than letting the market dictate the supply of hotel beds, the number of beds would be set by a regulatory body. One does not need a degree in economics...

Published Fri, Jun 09 2017 7:34 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Medicare, Quality, Featured, Medicaid and CHIP, nursing homes, roemer's law, certificate-of-need laws

How States Are Addressing Uncertainty With 1332 Waivers

While the future of the American Health Care Act is uncertain, states continue to be interested in reforming their health care systems. We believe that states will ramp up efforts to exercise authority they have under existing law to address their state...

Published Fri, Jun 09 2017 6:00 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Payment Policy, Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, Costs and Spending, Section 1332 waivers, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Alaska, American Health Care Act, state health insurance market

CMS Outlines Pre-Enrollment SEP Verification Process, Reaches Out To Those In Both Medicare And Marketplaces

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released a slide deck describing in greater detail the process that they intend to use for pre-enrollment verification of special enrollment period (SEP) eligibility . CMS has also begun sending out Medicare...

Published Thu, Jun 08 2017 12:13 PM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, special enrollment periods

Public Health Funding And OMB Director Mulvaney’s “Taxpayer First” Test

The first formal budget of the Trump era—billed as a “Taxpayer First” budget—contains some very bad news when it comes to the health of the American public. It proposes dramatic cuts in federal investments that keep us healthy and protected from harm...

Published Thu, Jun 08 2017 10:14 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, Consumers, Prevention, Chronic Care, Spending, Health Philanthropy, GrantWatch, Effectiveness, Health Promotion and Disease PreventionGW, Featured, Costs and Spending, vaccines, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The Private Sector Can Lead In Delivery System And Payment Reform

Editor’s Note: This is the fourth in a five-part Health Affairs Blog series, produced in conjunction with the Bipartisan Policy Center, examining current issues and care models in the delivery system reform effort. Each post will be jointly authored by...

Published Thu, Jun 08 2017 9:00 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Featured, Payment Policy, Organization and Delivery, Costs and Spending, reference pricing, CalPERS, shoppable services, bipartisan delivery system reform

Dichotomous Endings: A Physician’s Personal Reflection

My grandfather was the patriarch of his family, at the center of a tightknit Lebanese immigrant community in Toronto, Canada. Some of my warmest childhood memories are from Sundays at my grandparents’ home, where there was always family, community, and...

Published Thu, Jun 08 2017 4:07 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Quality, Cancer, Hospice care, advance care planning, end-stage renal disease, End of Life & Serious Illness

State Medicaid Lessons For Federal Health Reform

Editor’s note: This post draws on two issue briefs prepared by the authors with the support of the California Health Care Foundation. The subjects covered below and in the briefs will be discussed in a webinar on Thursday, June 8. Republicans’ health...

Published Wed, Jun 07 2017 8:55 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Quality, Featured, Payment Policy, Medicaid and CHIP, Indiana, Michigan, Arkansas, Section 1115 Waivers, Healthy Indiana Plan

Confronting The Trade-Offs In Health Reform: What We Learned From The ACA

Implicitly or explicitly, all health care reform involves trade-offs, in which policy makers balance competing goals and interests to reach a preferred outcome. The US Senate may soon take up the US House’s American Health Care Act (AHCA), a bill that...

Published Wed, Jun 07 2017 8:00 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Medicare, Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, Costs and Spending, Medicaid and CHIP, Essential Health Benefits, ACA repeal and replace, American Health Care Act, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics

Replicating Effective Models Of Complex Care Management For Older Adults

Improving our system of care for older adults with complex, chronic illnesses requires wrestling with a vexing dilemma. Models of care that are readily scalable have limited effectiveness, and effective models are difficult to scale. As an example of...

Published Wed, Jun 07 2017 6:44 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Medicare, Costs and Spending, Diffusion of Innovation, Health Quality Partners, chronically ill older adults, complex care management, health and aging

Syndication

Recent Posts

Tags

Archives